Canada’s national housing agency says nine of Canada’s 15 largest housing markets are showing signs of being overvalued. The Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation said in its quarterly Housing Market Assessment Wednesday that a majority of Canada’s large housing markets are showing either “moderate” or “strong” evidence of being overvalued. The housing agency looks at … Continue reading Canada’s 15 largest housing markets overvalued

An apartment-bound B.C. woman with severe anxiety is taking her strata council to B.C.’s Human Rights Tribunal for introducing a non-smoking policy that would force her off the premises to have a cigarette. According to a decision posted on the tribunal’s website, Gisele Dandurand claims the smoking ban amounts to discrimination on the basis of a mental … Continue reading Strata Resident Conflict Human Rights conflict – your opinion?

The new Liberal government delivered its first federal budget on March 22 in Ottawa. Here is an overview of how some of the budget items relate to investments and taxes. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau spent heavily in this budget, leading to a projected $29.4-billion shortfall this year. The good news? Part of that spending may … Continue reading Liberal Federal Budget highlight

Team Kelowna Homes recently distributed a guide to appealing your Property Tax Assessment. Here is a quick extra from their article: How Your Property Taxes are calculated. Is your Assessment fair? How to Appeal your Assessment Tax Assessors calculate what they “think” is fair market value of every property in the municipality. The value … Continue reading Appeal Your Property Assessment Notice

Is AirBnB inflating helping our housing shortage crises or making it worse? According to a study y Simon Fraser University Students, the sale of Airbnb short and long term rentals have increased this year by 62%. While this many be assisting home owners with mortgage payments it does not help with the crises of attainable … Continue reading Is AirBnB helping or hindering our Attainable housing crises?

Great time to invest in BC! With the US’s recent announcement of their interest rate increase, Canada’s current interest rate low; CAD$ 1.75c vs. $US 1 AND with BC boasting the only province to making headway with addressing their deficit. There really is no better time to invest in our real estate market. To top … Continue reading BC Housing Economy

To celebrate the end of the year and the start of a new era, Associated Property Management is pleased to announce the launch of their new website! The new website is easy to navigate, mobile friendly, offers quick communication tools and is highly informative for tenants, property owners and strata boards. The new site encompasses … Continue reading Welcome to Our New Website